Thanks for the replies.
Is there a particular giveaway I am missing?

Thanks Mark. I guess I am asking if the way I am going around it is right. I will see if I can obtain some leaves. It is a shame I am on the wrong side of this continent to grow the tree.
You are not being silly in trying to replicate the adolfoi's Rio Negro water parameters. I use almond leaves to ...

Our local hospital's emergency department has catfish anti-veneme as well as stuff for brown snakes and the Sydney Funnel Web Spider. I forgot the platypuses are poisonous as well. Come visit our wildlife is cute and cuddly - honest.


Then shouldn't there be a heck of lot of catfish keepers in ...

I was sold these as Petricolas by a breeder. Can you tell from these photos?
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My experience of owning eight Petricolas is that they are very social and the more the merrier. I saw that in the breeder's tanks as well.

When I water change I siphon what I can and tip the buckets so water rushes through the stone work. I have an air stone and filter moving water in the dead ...

I have become hooked on Adolfoi Corys by accident. We bought some in March and we suspect they may have been ill and they had a high death rate in a healthy tank. They were acclimatised slowly. There are three left there in the community tank.

I have just obtained another four and set them up in a ...